Alyssa Dawson

a condensed version of my weekend

It’s that time of year, the fair is in town! Brand and I went last year when we found out that you can get in free on Fridays we decided to make it a yearly tradition. This year we had a little bit older-wiser Hazel, who wanted to ride all the rides she saw. In my mind I thought: wow, this is great, I’ll have someone to ride all these rides with one day! And it made me excited for each passing year, and then in my right mind I was like… uhh don’t ever grow… Read More

what I’m liking, Friday: last minute Halloween costumes

Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet Sometimes last minute DIY costumes are the very best, and with Halloween on Monday–and parties this weekend–you’re probably in need of something super easy. So, here are the easiest ones I found online, also including the costume we made a few weeks back (above) and we purchased mine and Brand’s costumes in less than 45 minutes, with a toddler in toe mind you! Burglar Costume Rosie the Riveter Easiest Leopard Costume Salt and Pepper couple’s costume Snapchat Dog Filter Cactus -you need a green dress and yarn. Recipes: Monday:… Read More

when you have the whole park to your self

Our days aren’t really complete unless we’ve been to the park or outside at least once, and with the weather finally cooling down–a little bit–we can almost completely live outside. One day last week Hazel had the park all to herself and it was one of those moments where she was so excited she didn’t know what to do with herself. We pulled up to the park and she immediately screeched SLIDE! SWING! HIIII! She was so excited and started laughing her silly little laugh that she does when she’s really excited, it almost seems… Read More

a condensed version of my weekend

November is almost here and we’ve finally made our way to the pumpkin patch. I think when you have a kid it’s one of those obligatory things that you almost have to do. We traipsed around McDonald Ranch, over in Scottsdale, and I say traipsed because it was so hot outside that it was hard to get the energy to walk around. Why is Arizona being so horrible this year, bring me the cold weather! Hazel rode some fun little bikes, had duck races, walked through a hay maze, “milked a cow”, and we even… Read More